He hangs it up after 32 seasons coaching in the NFL.
Update: According to Albert Breer, the Panthers have named former Alabama assistant Jake Peetz as their new running backs coach.
Source: The Panthers have hired Alabama assistant Jake Peetz to replace Jim Skipper as running backs coach. Peetz was Raiders QBs coach in '17.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) February 20, 2019
The Carolina Panthers announced today that longtime running backs couch Jim Skipper is retiring.
Skipper first joined the Panthers in 2002 after spending the 2001 season as head coach of the XFL’s San Francisco Demons. He served as the Panthers running backs coach until John Fox and his staff were let go after that dismal 2010 season. He spent two years with the Tennessee Titans before coming back to Carolina.
In his time here, he coached four different running backs to 1000 yard seasons- Stephen Davis, DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, and Christian McCaffrey.
But, as Panthers.com mentions in their story, 2004 may have been his most notable coaching performance:
While Skipper made sure several standout backs stayed on track, what he accomplished in 2004 ranks right there with those spectacular statistical seasons. Injuries forced Skipper and the Panthers to turn to four different starting running backs, but over the second half of the season undrafted back Nick Goings topped 100 rushing yards in five games.
Jim Skipper has been a foundational piece of the Panthers coaching staff for the better part of two decades. He will be missed, but we wish him nothing but the best in retirement.
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